Automobile power-take-off device



June 24, 1930. v J, WHITE 1,766,007

AUTOMOBILE POWER TAKE-OFF DEVICE Filed Aug. 22, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l June 24, 1930. J w, WHITE 1,766,007

AUTOMOBILE POWER TAKE-OFF DEVICE Filed Aug. 22, 1928 SSheets-Sheet 2 v l- M Ill IQIMIIIQT bl -ill Inventor J. wwmw June 24, 1930.

Filed Aug. 22. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor v til [M226 %\\\\m \A/f tasted June 24,:1930

' w. WHITE, QFBAiiTBRIDGE,GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR 02h'0IVE-IEOilJEt ISH T VVAiILACE I f; CALV N WHITE, or namsiernen; emu a e I AUTOMOBILE Pow R reKE orr DEVICE i A plicatierii fiied August 22, 1928, r Seria 1;1\To.: 3,01,253 v invention relates and useful improvements in automobile power take off devices and aims to provide? a novel, simple and useful ;-structure adaptedto be ncorporated Within the-i fioor .ofian automoblle garage whereby to I employ the power of the automobile in operating Various machinery located adjacent'the garageg of outlying districts where electric power; is not. readily accessible. .HOweyer, the devlce I v is highly satisfactory foruse garages lo- I cated infthe "city so as to permit" the power 'of'the machine to be -clerive'cl for theopera-x tion'of lath'es, saws-and"other'devices insomuch as the cost ofoperation ofthevariofus devices by use. of the automobile; would be 7 considerably lessthan when employin 'g' City 2,0 7 a .c

current. p r I 1 i Other 'objects'twill become apparent as. the

I nature of the inventionisbetterundersto'od',

throughout theseveral views y 7 Figure '1-is "afloor plan View of 'a; Com-- bined automobile garage and machine shop,

said garage being equippedwith"my- V I Figure 2 is a plan view of-the powerit'a-ltz i "oifdeviceper se,

the same: comprising ther IioVell torin, r.c0n1-' fbination, and arrangement ofp arts hereinafter: more 1 fullyfldescribed, "shown; in p the; V accompanying drawing and claimed.

' In the drawing v v vhereinir like"reference characters designate{corresponding parts proved power take off device;

Figure 3'is a detail longitudinal ethrough the ,garage at one sifde'of the power take off device; is

I V gitudiiial sectionflthrough one vside'll of the I f power takeofi-unit per'se I Figure 4 is 1 a detail ,i transverse frag-f ment'ary section therethrough f f r, V Figure b s an enlarged ira'ginentary-lon- Figure' 6 's an"; end eleyat'o'niof ar device associated with the arage floor to facilitate the" anchoring of th'e' autoinobil'evto prevent v its inoyementf with respect to; the device V dur- Qfthej rear wheels" vof the a the, rotation automobile. T a

1 Iow .havi'ng articularreference"to the vlfigu'res. r 1 a Arranged longitudinally withinthe fra ne r V I of the garage is a pa 'r ofspaced parallel: 1 shafts 6 6 having 1 keyed thereto adjacent A" device, otthis character is particularly adaptable for installationwithin garages d sp ei ct e F re 7 1 The top isurface of the floorin'lon gitudi -ff nalj aline'ment with these clrumsi'slprovi'ded With wheel-1 guide troughs r 9149" so ens to I fa a rhepmp r ngagem nt .ofther i i I fwheelsbf the'inachine upon the drumsas lustr'ated inEigure 1.; k .f .The end of therea the; outer wall lot the drawings A designates generally abuilding constructedto providefan Vautomobilefcoinr partrnent Band ainachineshoplG; Withing j j the floor 0i": thegarage there is installed iny improved power take elf device which 6011-.

sists' of 1a suitable frame 5 located beneath the floor gjsurfacef clearly ;illustrat.ed .in

5 so as to extend transverselyof the floor their opposite ends; the automobile rear- 7+1] The drums 7-7 have; slight spaced The adjacent endsoftheseshafts tre d i F u e-*1.

- T f 11 .01? the:it'o'renuostf shaft 6v a psi-Sheree'aQ atQmf a a "ga g B xt ndsj through jthe wall o'f vthe garageafielthe machine shop G'ext'ends intofthevpshop #1:; and 'isequippedwitha'take off j pulley which is operativel \associatedwit gtheva-"f h rlo'us machineswit in thelshop fl .ifllly i l equipped, with Various pulleys sothatpowejr I i m y b d r e t irj relro q shaft ,zof- "variousdevices located outside "of thejbuilfdthe like.

+1 df 1 th fl or ff h g ra intermediate thefjrespective pairs 'of pulleys or drums 7'j7- 'is' a suitable f d'evice, desig j a g nera y1 yi h i re re "Cf ra 15; herebyfto anth ith?" an o 1119; su h as saws, r weliggrining machiuejo'rj i proper' po'sition on the said drums 7 7 to preventn ovement of the vehicle during 110- I fi OnCOf, its rear wheel' b ti ofithe motorio'f. theveh-icle; v

- pair of spaced verticallyidisposed' standards 12'12rising"fro1n'thei-garage floor and shaving shaft,fil3. rockably supported handle or operating lever 15 is fined at one end to the fsh'aft adjacent the ratchet i wheelto facilitate the rocking of the shaft I anobvious manner. As illustrated" the ;shaft. l5 'is prov-ided'with a pivotally mounted dog 16 ad'jac'ent its fixed end, this nogadapted toengage with the teeth of-the ratchetwheel 14 for inipar'ting rotary move n entyto said ratchet wheel, Suitably fixed 130 the ratchet wheel is achain 17., said chain I 7 a s I dfixed to ithev'ehlcle' may be drawn taut for holding thevehlcle stationary when disposed in position for transmitting motion-from its rear; wheel toithe pulleys or'drnms 7-7. 'Toclojck the" ratchet "wheel 14; in a tightening position, there is provided asuitable dog 18' pivotallyinounted 'inthe' garage floor in any/manner, said dogi a dapted to enga' with: the teeth 'ofthe ratchet-wheel for holding the same in locked position; Tl'1is dog I "1 8 is further provided; with suitable foot actuated operating":1everJ19, "said Clever adaptedjt'o'nor nally rest upon the garage fiooras shown toj advantage in' Figure G. v .I'It will thus be seenthat' I havelprovided ve though" I have-herein "shown and de' cribed the invention as consisting I o fcer'tain This anchoring device '11 consists of a thereby.1 j Splinedto the-shaftlS intermedi ate'theends. thereof a ratchet wheel 14.;

r 4 adapted to engageijn any suitable manner. with a suitable" part of the vehicle, suchas maybe the transmission housing sothat it will be seen that}upon-actuationof the ratchet wheel 14, the chain'l'? having been novel, siinple, andegit'reniely useful power 7 take devicejthatisjvelli fadaptedffor all T- Y offth'e purposes?heretofore,designatedf t detailgstructural eleinents-,*it isnevertheless the floor inte'rmediatethetroughs, .a p 1 shaft rockably supported between; said uprights, a ratchet wheel carriedhylsaid third shaft, a flexible attaching meinher'car- Y ried by the ratchet wheel and adapted to lever forthe third shaft for actuating said ,ehgag'e with the vehicle, and an operating ratchet" wheel, the flexible qconnection be together withthe dog pivotally mounted on a 2. In a power stake-off device, the combination of a frame unit adapted to be-Vlo cated'beneatlithe surface of a garage fioor, I h I a pair of spaced parallel shafts journ'aled I within the frame, drumslteyed to the shafts tween the ratchet wheel and the vehicle,

adjacent their outer ends'a-nd adapted to; prO ect through slots nfthe garage floor so)- as to permit the rear wheels- 0f a vehi'cle to lever and adapted for engagement with 1 the teethof the, ratchet wheeh-fieXilole means in rest thereon, longitudinally extending Wheel f guide troughsarrangeduponthe floor stir-, face in aliginnent with said drums, means' at certainendsjof said shafts wherebythe? 7 power 7 may be taken therefrom,- a "third 7 p shaft rockably supported between said j wheel guides,a ratchet wheel on thethird" v shaft,anoperatingleverfor'the third shaft, V a dog pivotally -t1nounted onisaid'opcrating engagement" with the ratchet .wheel' and 1 adapted for engagcment'with a stationary nection in'a taut'pos'itio r. I

. -toibe:understood that n inorichangesinayibe' s ""v nade itherein' without ,aifectingthe 'spiri t SW PQ9f: h a pe de la 1 1 ;hination' 0f sha e unit adapted to, belo I I ffloor, apairi-of spaced parallel shafts j oi he ei e s a 1 Wing thus'; described my" invention,

*catedg-beneath' the surface of thelgarage;

Zp'art of the-yehiclefand: adaptedjto be taut i chirii'lgthe TOGklng, IIIQVQDIQDt ofthe'shaft," F t and a l'atching inenlher [carriedby the floor: of thw amg and; engageahle with r the ratchet wheel for hol'ding' isaid-flexible icon;

' lnitestimonywhereof IaifiXmvSignatureQ'm [JAMES W i th'fiOOl 0f the garage and engage'able ith 7 i the teeth cofclthe ratchet wheel',-1all ,the 111211117161 and for the purpose set forth. 

